New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-15
WRECKED IN THE DRY.DOCK.
A BOY KILLED AND NINE PEOPLE HURT

THE DOCK SANK AND A BARK IN IT FELL OVER
WHAT CAUSED THE ACCIDENT MYSTERY.
While the Spanish bark Maria Tulsa. Captain Ar.
tigo, OF La Palma, was on a dry docr of th.
Brooklyn Water Front Warehouse and Drv Doclr
Company at Twenty-sixth-st., BROOKLYN, about
midnight on Saturday night, the dry docl, sank
and the vessel careened over on her port side.
Killing boy and injuring nine other people
The Maria Luisa was on her way from Havana
to the Canary Islands and arrived in this port
on Wednesday. She had on board seventy-six
passengers, among whom were eight women and
number Of children, and q crew OF twenty-five
Officers and men. The passengers were natives OF
the Canary Islands who had been working in the
cigar factories Of Havana, and having saved somG
money were on their way TO their native islands
win their families The passengers hadwith them,
besides their personal effects, large quantities Of
cigars and tobacco, while the cargo of the vessel
consisted OF rum, molasses and sugar. About 4
o'clock on Saturday afternoon the vessel was
towed to Gowanus Bay and placed upon the dry
dock In order to have new copper shcathine placed
upon her bottom The water was pumped out OF
the dock and the vessel was made secure, az
was supposed Work upon her was to begin To-
day. The passengers watched these proceedings
with interest, and after eating their suppers
passed the time on deck in various ways. By
midnight all had retired into the cabin, winch
was on the main deck, and two sailors alone re-
mained on deck to guard the vess,l from river
thieves. Most of the passengers were in bed, bnt
a few remained up talking together, when sud-
denlya few minutes after l2 O'Clock, they felt
the vessel slowly sinking. Then it gradually be-
gan to care"n to tie port side, while trunks,
boxes and articles of furniture slid and rolled
abOut fho "a nil tI,o
sengers against the wall and injuring them more
or less severely. Then the vessel went over on
her port side with loud crash, and the water
came pouring into the cabin with
The passengers and crew were at first too
startled to stir from where they were, but sOoh
they recovered from the surprise Of the shock
and scrambling out upon the deck as best they
could over each other and the piles of trunks,
boxes and furniture which encumbercd the floor,
they began to cry loudly for help. As the vessel
went over one of its spars crushed in the roof and
side of the engine house of the dry Dock and
the rigging in some way became entangled with
the engine. This opened the valve and the shrill
hiss of escaping steam mingled with the loud
cries of those on the deck The tumult thus
raised quickly brought to the scene the police
and several persons from the vessels moorcd near
by, and they FASTENED to help the crew and
passengers of tl,c vessel.
An improvised gang plank was quickly rigged
from the rail of the vessel, which was jus,
above the water, to the pier and over this the
passengers wcro safely brought ashore. AS the
men and women tremblingly came over the plank
several were seen to be bleeding, while others
were scarcely able TO crawl. policeman who
had been attracted TO the spot sent TO the Long
Island College Hospital for an ambulance The
,l,l.,
Surgeon Clark, who. together with the surgeon
of the vessel, attended to the injured As tho
ships surgeon had lost all his instruments and
medicines he was unable to do anything to re-
Ieve the suiferings of the passengers until tho
ambulance came. Those who were found To
be injured were:
Francisco Perez Remelo. laborer ago fttyhve con-
fusion OF the cheek; Andreas Gonzalez, sailor ago
twsntysevon lscersed wound OF the wrist; Emanacio
Perez age ftyhres confusion OF the forehead aud lilo;
senovers santos. q houseSeeper. age twentyfoar,
sprsined ankle and cut the wrist Dolores Delgsrdo.
thirty confusion OF the head aud spraned ankles
Juan Rodriguez Paer aborer nifty nine lacerated
scalp and confusion OF the head Juan Cslvrra aborer
thirty confusion OF the head Domingo queroa,
aborer. forysx. confusion OF the chest back
Eloira Cartillo aye i've, confusion OF cheek.
fhe injured were taken TO the office Of the Dry
Dock Company at the head of the pier and made as
comfortable as possible. The remainder of the
crew and passengers none of whom could
the" the pier bewailing ir'' their misfortune E in
choice Spanish. When daylight appeared
1t was seen that the dock had sunk out Of sight
and the vessel Jay on her port side at an angie Of
fully 40 dereSs with her rail just above he water.
Her main topmast was broken of and hung down
suspended by the rigging, while the engine house
of the dock almost demolished by the spar that
let Otf the STEAM
At his time. while looking at the wreck, one of
the bys.anders saw q body floating IN the water
was taken from he water nd found to be that
of Ambrose Luis Rodriguez. age seventeen.
one of the passengers He had deep cash on his
foreaead and it was not known whether he was
killsd by the blow which inflicted the cash was
drowned Coroner Lindsey viewed the body and
1t was taken to the morgue. R"dnguez's uncle,
who was also passenger, was overcome with grief
at he lads death,
About a. m. the men from the neghboring
vessels helped the passengers take their luggage
ashore. 1t was all badly water-sOaked Jh " also
brought ashore their cigars and tobacco. which
though thoroughly soaked with water was
jeaIously guarded bv a Custom House inspector.
All day the passengers sat about the pier and at
night they were taken to Bishops Hotel. twenty
sixtl-st., and to the rooms of the Putnam Cub.
which was placed at their disposal. " hen the
vessel is rQhted aud repaired they will continue
their voyage Ii was said that the hull OF tho
vesse was not damaged but that the cargo will be
J be cause of the accident is unknown. Ono
theory is that the vessel improperly
secured in the dock and when she careened her
cargo shifted and caused the dock to sink. On the
other hand IT is said that the dock was an old ono
which Aad done service in New-York before II
taken TO BROOKLYN aud probably leaked. Michael
Barrett, the watchman. who was IN charge OF the
dock and left 1t just before the accident, was
that The dock was all night when be left it at ll45
O'clock. The Maria Lusa was full-rlgged bark
of 26O tons and was bnllt in 1875 at Palma. She
is owned by D. Yanes, of that place. and 5. Ansig u
Co., of No. 100 Pearlst., her agentsin this city
DOLORES DARTMOOR SURE OF ACQUITTAL.
Dolores Dartmoor is still on Staten Island, ale'ousS